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A suspected armed robber at the weekend had his wrist chopped off while evading arrest at Ijora Badia area of Lagos.
Also, the police operatives attached to Badia division arrested five of the suspect’s alleged accomplices at Ajeromi Primary School, where they were said to have hibernated after attacking their victims.
Those arrested included Jamiu Dauda, 22, (a.k.a Fogo), Adebayo Monday, 24, (alias white), Obinna Vincent Okafor, 23, ( a.k.a Omo-adugbo), Lucky Olanayo, 20, and Henry Akpan, 22.
It was gathered that various charms and the severed wrist were recovered by detectives in the operation excetuted around 8pm on Thursday.
According to The Nation, the suspect had attempted to evade arrest after his gang numbering over 25 attacked traders under the Iganmu Bridge, Apapa-Iganmu LCDA area of the state.
Unfortunately for him, some of the victims who were fleeced of their cash, mobile phones and other valuables, severed his wrist while he fled being lynched.
A source, who hinted on the incident, told our correspondent that the hoodlums struck around 7:30pm and operated for about 30 minutes before the police were notified and they raced to the scene.
He said it was one of the victims identified as Mohammed, who told detectives the direction the criminals fled to, adding that the operatives immediately recovered the severed wrist as they went after the suspects.
According to the source, Dauda, the alleged ring leader, had been on the wanted list of the police since his alleged involvement in the looting and burning of Orile Police Division during the ENDSARS violence of October 2020.
The source said: “We received a distress call around 7:30pm on Thursday that people were seen running as some boys numbering over 20 with dangerous weapons were attacking people.
“Immediately we mobilised and went after them. They succeeded in robbing some Hausa people before we got to the scene.
“We saw one Mohammed Sanni, a trader who deals in electronics. He told us that the hoodlums came in a commando style and attacked them with dangerous weapons and in the process, they robbed them of about 20 handsets, various sums of money and other valuables.
“He also told us the direction in which they went, which made us to go after them and in the process, five of the suspected armed robbers led by Jamiu Dauda, a notorious and wanted suspect, were arrested.
“Unfortunately, one of the suspects was captured by the mob, beaten mercilessly and his left hand severed as he managed to escape from the scene before the arrival of the police.
“The severed was brought to the station and other suspects identified it as that of their member by name Sodeeq (alias Sogbe).”
(Nation)
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